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Oldham Road (Ashton)
(1861 - 1959)


The station opened on August 26 1861 when the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction Railway (OA&GB) opened its line from Guide Bridge to Oldham Clegg Street

The station was in a cutting on the east side of Oldham Road, which crossed the railway on an overbridge, there were two platforms connected by a footbridge, with single-storey station buildings containing a booking office, ladies room, general waiting room, station master's office and a porters' room on the northern, up side, platform

In 1861, the station was served by eleven down trains and eight up on weekdays, with five services each way on Sundays. By 1895, the station had twenty three services each way with an extra one on Saturdays. there were eleven services each way on Sundays

The passenger station closed on May 4 1959 following the withdrawal of passenger services on the line

The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods including livestock and it had a brick built two-storey warehouse, with two tracks running through it, that opened in 1878. The yard was equipped with a ten-ton crane but goods services were withdrawn on June 20 1966










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